RATTER / Narrative Features Competition / Slamdance

RATTER – [rat-ter] noun

A hacker that uses malware known as a RAT (Remote Access Trojan) to take control of a target computer and webcam. RATs are downloaded invisibly and without the consent of the user.

Emma (Ashley Benson) is a young and beautiful graduate student just starting a new life in New York City. Like most people her age, she is always connected - her phone and laptop are constant companions, documenting her most intimate moments. What she doesn't realize is that she's sharing her life with an uninvited and dangerous guest. A hacker is following Emma’s every move. When the voyeuristic thrill of watching her digitally isn’t enough, the situation escalates to a dangerous and terrifying level.

Seen entirely through the eyes of Emma’s hacker, RATTER is a chilling cautionary tale that illustrates how delicate a balance our love-affair with connectivity is and how, in the wrong hands, access to our digital world can have terrible and profound consequences.

Directed & Written by:          Branden Kramer
Starring:                                 Ashley Benson, Matt McGorry, and Rebecca Naomi Jones
Produced By:                         David Bausch, Jamie Zelermyer, and Ben Browning 

RATTER will have its World Premiere in the Narrative Features Competition at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival. 

RATTER will screen at the following dates and times (limited press tickets available):
Saturday, January 24 at 8:00PM – Ballroom, Treasure Mountain Inn
Wednesday, January 28 at 2:00PM – Ballroom, Treasure Mountain Inn

Filmmaker Branden Kramer will be in attendance at Slamdance and available for interviews

BIRDS OF NEPTUNE / Beyond Program / Slamdance

Young sisters Mona and Rachel are left to their own devices after the loss of their parents. Confined to their childhood home and constantly surrounded by nostalgia of the past, the girls have created their own pseudo-realities. Rachel finds solace in her music and old spiritual practices while her older sister Mona turns to unconventional and taboo forms of self-expression. When a man abruptly enters their world and starts to pull away at the fragile threads holding everything in place, the sisters find themselves facing harsh truths about their past. With a dark dream-like filmmaking style, BIRDS OF NEPTUNE encapsulates the enchanting mystery of the Pacific Northwest.

BIRDS OF NEPTUNE features music by well known and up and coming West Coast bands Warpaint, Radiation City, and Blouse, as well as original music and score by two PNW musicians, Erik Blood and Kevin O’Connor. The film also pays homage to the nostalgic culture deeply rooted to the region. 

Directed by:                        Steven Richter
Written by:                          Steven Richter and Flavia Rocha
Starring:                              Molly Elizabeth Parker, Britt Harris, Kurt Conroyd, Christian Blair,

                                             Lauren Luiz, Emma Anderson
Produced by:                      Steven Richter, Lara Cuddy

BIRDS OF NEPTUNE will have its World Premiere in the Beyond Program at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival.

BIRDS OF NEPTUNE will screen at the following dates and times (limited press tickets available):
Friday, January 23rd at 1:05 PM – The Ballroom, Treasure Mountain Inn
Monday, January 26th at 8:30 – The Gallery, Treasure Mountain Inn